A Suffragette in America - Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change (Hardcover)

This book is a collection of Sylvia Pankhurst's writing on her visits to North America in 1911-12. Unlike the standard suffragette tours which focused on courting progressive members of America's social elite for money, Pankhurst got her hands dirty, meeting striking laundry workers in New York, visiting female prisoners in Philadelphia and Chicago and grappling with horrific racism in Nashville, Tennessee. Adored by socialist students and progressive politicians, Pankhurst was also shocked by the dark underbelly of American society. Bringing her own experiences of imprisonment and misogyny from her political work in Britain, she found many parallels between the two countries. These never-before-published writings mark an important stage in the development of the suffragette's thought, which she brought back to Britain to inform the burgeoning working-class suffrage campaign there. The book also includes a contextualising introduction by Katherine Connelly.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	E.Sylvia Pankhurst
Editors:	Katherine Connelly
Dimensions:	215 x 135 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Library binding
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-3937-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7453-3937-9
Barcode:	9780745339375

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